The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-09
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

WIN tuuce " Rreatel Vigof anu moro 10
cundlty.: -
The Hubbard and Tu,ban a.o the bss
aeeping tquasheo. A dry cellar provide,
with furnace is not bad place to keel
them. 10 .17 -
II you hsye not heretofore cut you
hay and fodder, by all means buy cut
t!ng-box, The saving in feeding cut fodde
will nurprise! you. ~
A Colorado man says that he has mad
more money by furnie hing lambs TO butch
eIs than by anything he has ever tried be
fore In Colorado. 'sl
This management Of the cold frame re
quirea come skill and care, though lee
snan tho hot-bed or greenhouse. In ger
era! throw of the mat and shutters ever,
dsy when there Is no danger of freezing
the pleuts.
Given in winter, cooked food-.et
eighty warm. as it Ia pretty sure to bell
eaten more rapidly and doeo more goot
than that uucooked. Cows increaeo theil
yield Of milk en- 1t, and all animals thrive
better than previously.
1t Is nsid that 1000 sheep kept on s
piece OF ground one year will mske tht
coil capable OF yisldinggrlin snou gh-ovcl
and above the capacity Ct the soi! wilhou
The sheep maIu.c-io support 1,065 sheer
sa entire year.
See about fow choice now trees. Est G
grove OF NAPLES or cheatnuts o. walnut.
Tho trees will be profitable o. wei! ai
beautiful. Every year I'LL up vacancies OF
they occur in your orchnrda. 1t ID the only
way to keep trait probably. ~
When ye9etablca are stored IN csllsrs
they nust be Kept from isrmentiug, ac
they surely will Torment when piled in
large bult. This may bs acco plished
by pll;ng on eaelvcs 30 as to ALLOW aome
circulation Of air anoag them, or By pack
ing iE barrels. T., -,
Do rot lot your chickens 40 into Tiate,
qusr!err with Ecaly legs. Treat thom to 8
couple o! applications OF sulphur and
lard, and coal oil tho rooats frequently.
Scaiy lega Gro not only uunis htiy, but
HIe Cannot Go The Te!k they ought ia
thus encuube.ed.
Roots should not b. fed With etraT o,
poor hay. Is thay sre too much slike in
composition. Feed the roots With Glove,
or coed hoy, aud give the more concen
!rated food with tue ntraw. 1t require.
moro skill to be succsestul IN iaedins poor
than rich kinds Of food.
u has b en- Estimated that cattle iisesss
in tho pat fosiy-i7o YeG!s has cost Grea
Britain S5C0.G00.G GOO. Commissioner COL
nan recommends a cattle quarantine
sss!uss ell Earopc, which has boon ,hs
hot'hed CT d:aacoss WHICH afterwards al
flicted this country. . -g
1t is fact tina! dogs aeldom attack shce,
kept with cattle, unless in tho cass O.
some old rogne, Snd thsn only when the
shsop are found ct q considerable dis
lance, for tho ins!inct OF tho cattle is tt
attack snimals found chasing or worrying
other stock rea. them.
Prevention in all cs=es OF dineasa
whether mao, bsast or fowls, II succesa'
ful, renovta The necessity Of cure, and Il
therefore becomes nofs inae,tant ant
worthy Of greater confederation. Proven
t:cD ia no: 30 expensive, aad involves les:
labor, veSaiioa and anxiety. as.
Professor Storer Gays . ration Of thirty
pouade Of pumpkin par COW daily will III
creaes the dow and improve the quality G
milk, Moro than this quantity should no
DO given. fumpkina are very cheap food
as couple Of tons CEN be grown to til;
acre with Abe corn crop. The aeeda 0
tho pumpkin ought to DO removed betor'
feeding. 125s .'a g ga I & '.-
The change from an outdoor run to thu
limit Of q hennery Ia not at ell asreesbl,
to the nature Of fowls. There they livt
and grow like house plsnts-pale, dplicst,
and tender. The longer they are KEEP
hived together the more s:ckly they vii
DO and tho less number the breeder vii
have to phow or soil in preEentable con
dition to hio customers. ~ t+'s g.
An English journal states that the frs
pris,.Sinncr for cheshire cheese at til,
Royal and tho Gerond priae.wiauer OF,
two gieIers the third prizs.winner is thoi
mother, and tho highly commended
taken By another sister, 50 that the Who'll,
OF the :hcnoro in this class went to on
family, That may DO callod a dairy fami
ly for prsmium.taksrs. %
Professor Stockbridge once tried to rails
200 bughel5 OF corn to the acre. He cal
sfterws,dI 81 have learned that ! can az
ply manure enough to grow 200 bushels {
CORN OF single aero and can put the hill
thick enough, but I have also learned tha
not even the Creator himaelf can give sur
ahine and leaf room enough for such Gro
with shy variety Of com known to me-"
| If,tha home fruit garden bs NO! full
supplied, with small fruits, such as rsspbs!
RIGS, strawberries, culranta, ETC., says ID
Orange County Farmer, tho mstron ahoul
cell a meeting on some one OF theee Ion
evenings and bring tho matter before tn
house. No farmer has right to ask hi
wife to mansge the table and deny her tn
important accessory Of email fruits.
It, 10, Gale 10 sssort that not half Of th
farmers of tho country havo an asparaRu
| bod In. the home garden, and II 10 eausll
safe to say that no piece Of ground ON th
farm will pay as Tsll,,if properly cared fo
az a good bed OF this delicious vegetable
1t is, but little trouble to care for, and
furniahea a supply Of delicious green foo
at O time tyear when such food Is mo-
desirable. ...,;33, 4 ) 4. n, rs ..t,i ~
A pig that, whilc eating, takes It's hes
out Of the trough aud acts az II the sic
bad lun the wrong way hiss tho snifll /,
BE should DO removed from tho herd ar
{. cared for, as the dsease Is contagiou
Pat plno tar in the slope and smear bo'
ths nose and face with 1t. Feed sulph
and turpentine.S a free use Of carbo
acid, bo.hinternally and externally, shou
DO made. NJ iE!4 Il Ky LilE& +
MI. T. E. Wellesr, who manages he
I Of eighty cows, stated in paper on dai
farming, at meeting Of tho Tunbrid
: Wells (Erglaud) Farmers' Club, that
Ito purity the Jersey COW WAS a somewl
4 delicate animal, and when out Of pre-
f would yield litslo for prssing purpoe
: He aaidthe shorthorn Jersey. the suas
,, jersey orthe Kerry Jersey was, howev
: nearly, II not quite, equalcto most .pu
! bred Jerseys in milk yielding, and mu
r|.